Locked up: Schoolboy, 15, who robbed bank with fake gun

A 15-year-old schoolboy described as a “model pupil” has been sentenced to 40 months in a Young Offenders’ Institution for robbing a bank with an imitation firearm.

The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was motivated by greed when he carried out the raid, Liverpool Youth Court heard.

Today the boy was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to holding up a branch of Barclays bank in Breck Road, Liverpool, on Friday September 20 and making off with more than £2,000.

He was turned over to the police by his mother, who was shocked to find a stash of cash, stained with dye, and a fake firearm in his bedroom.